USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll - March 15, 2000

The USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Coaches Top 25 is voted on by 27 Division I coaches, representing all areas of the USA. First place votes are in parentheses. Records are through games of March 5.

Rankings

Rank

Team

Record

Points

Previous

1

Washington (27)

24-1

675

1

2

Arizona

27-1

644

2

3

Arizona State

25-4

597

4

4

UCLA

26-5

585

3

5

California

27-2

550

6

6

Oklahoma

27-4

534

5

7

Fresno State

21-5

527

7

8

LSU

19-6

450

8

9

Cal State Fullerton

22-2

443

11

10

Stanford

20-3

426

9

11

Southern Mississippi

23-7

402

12

12

Oregon State

18-4-1

393

10

13

Alabama

28-5

329

15

Iowa

13-2

316

14

Michigan

12-6

316

13

16

Louisiana-Lafayette

17-3

296

16

17

South Carolina

18-9

214

18

18

Oklahoma State

21-9

194

17

19

Long Beach State

14-8

158

20

20

Illinois-Chicago

22-13

135

19

21

Mississippi State

18-7

102

24

22

Hawaii

8-5

82

21

23

Oregon

11-8

73

23

24

Texas A&M

17-7

58

25

25

Florida

24-10

52

Others receiving votes:

Nebraska (43), Notre Dame (19), Auburn (17), DePaul (16), North Carolina (16), New Mexico (14), Missouri (13), Florida Atlantic (11), Maryland (11), East Carolina (10). (Note: Twelve other schools were included on only one ballot. Schools must be listed on more than one ballot to be included among "others Receiving Votes").